Tries hard
The crossword clue "Tries hard" is answered by STRIVES, a 7-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STRIVES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STRIVES answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ENDEAVORS (1 uses in xd)
- STRUGGLES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for STRIVES
Every other clue in this collection answered by STRIVES, most used first.
- Contends - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Hard to pin down - ELUSIVE, used 22 times
- Hard rubber - EBONITE, used 15 times
- Gave a hard time - HASSLED, used 12 times
- Hard to catch - ELUSIVE, used 12 times
- Hard rock - GRANITE, used 10 times
- Tries again - REHEARS, used 10 times
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